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2015 vol 74 no 40 - August 26 2015

2015 vol 74 no 40 - August 26 2015 - Page 1

BY JEFF GALLATIN
Bay Village
A 17-year-old Bay Village teenager
could be a lost dog’s best friend after the
Eagle Scout recently rescued it from a
precarious perch near Porter Creek − and
the teen is now trying to fi nd its owner.
Dillon Forsythe went looking for the
dog Aug. 3 after his mother saw pictures
on Facebook of an apparently lost dog
in Porter Creek in the Rose Hill area of
Cahoon Park. Forsythe said the pictures
seemed to indicate that the dog was lost,
confused and possibly hurt. So Forsythe
went looking for the dog near the creek
and Rose Hill.
“I was looking around the area based
on the pictures, and then God told me
to look in what you’d think was the op-posite
way from where it would be, and
there was the dog,” Forsythe said. “At fi rst
I thought it was a loose Walgreens bag or
something like that. Then she moved.”
Forsythe said it initially looked like he
would be able to retrieve the dog without
much problem.
“At first, she looked at me and I
thought I’d be able to go pick her up, but
then she took off,” Forsythe said.
He said the dog headed for a cliffl ike
portion of the creek area, which required
him to take additional action.
“I had to leave my bike on one side
and then jump over the creek area to try
and get to the dog,” he said. “Then I had
to jump down to get the dog where it was
on the cliff.”
Adding to the problems, the dog be-came
scared and bit Forsythe several
times on the neck and hands.
“I was in shock from that, but eventu-ally
was able to get the dog,” he said. “I
couldn’t hold the dog and ride my bike,
so I decided to walk home and leave my
bike where it was.”
Forsythe said he believes the dog must
have an owner somewhere.
“It had a collar around its neck that’s
kind of beat up and it didn’t have a tag,
but that collar made me think it’s some-one’s
dog,” he said.
While walking home, Forsythe said he
stopped briefl y to do some fi rst aid on the
bites he suffered.
“I almost lost the dog, he was still kind
of scared and ran a little, but I got him
back and we made it to my house,” he
said.
Once there, Forsythe and his fam-ily
were friendly and tried to make the
dog feel at home, while also getting the
dog to the Avon Lake Animal Clinic for a
checkup and treatment.
“I was afraid she might have broken
bones and other major problems but he
didn’t have anything like that,” Forsythe
said. “And after we had her at the house
a couple of days she started to calm down
more and trust us. She and the two dogs
we had already are getting along pretty
good now.”
Another piece of good news for For-sythe
from the vet was that the dog didn’t
have rabies, which spared Forsythe hav-ing
to be treated for that. Medical offi cials
estimated the dog is about 4 years old and
is apparently part poodle, part bichon.
One bad part of trying to help the
dog for Forsythe has been the loss of his
SEE LOST DOG, page A8
Young voices in a new church
Members of the children’s choir at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Bay Village sing
during the Mass dedicating the parish’s new church Saturday. Read more about
the new church on page A2. (West Life photo by Kevin Kelley)
Evening Hours
Monday thru Thursday 5 - 8pm
Weekend Hours
Saturday/Sunday 9am - 1pm
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Bay parking lot work
could go into spring
page A4
Council considers
nuisance animal regs
page A7
SPORTS:
2015 Varsity Football
Preview
West Side Sports
Section B
INSIDE
THIS
ISSUE:
INDEX:
AroundTown .................A15
Classifieds ......................B8
Police Beats ....................A13
Real Estate Transfers ...A18
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AUGUST 26, 2015 - VOL. 74, NO. 40 75¢
Teen barking up a storm
in effort to find lost dog’s owner
BY KEVIN KELLEY
Fairview Park
Call it the Casey Kasem approach.
In a recent online survey of com-munity
members conducted by the
Fairview Park City Schools, partici-pants
were asked to choose from three
statements to describe the district’s ap-proach
as it plans for the future: 1. Aim
for the stars. 2. Aim for the stars but
keep one foot on the ground. 3. Keep
both feet on the ground.
Community confi dent schools
are meeting needs, survey says
BY SUE BOTOS
Rocky River
The torch that once burned in front of
the Executive Club ran out of fuel long
ago. Attempts by ownership to keep the
structure standing have done the same.
Now, the city has been given the go-ahead
by the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Court to demolish the building, along with
three other attached structures, at 21330
Center Ridge Road.
“My goal, by the end of the year, is to
SEE SURVEY, page A8
SEE RAZE, page A9
Dillon Forsythe and the 4-year-old poodle-bichon
mix he recently rescued from the
Rose Hill and Porter Creek area. (Photo
courtesy of Dillon Forsythe)
Court gives city green light to
raze Executive Club by year’s end

BY JEFF GALLATIN
Bay Village
A 17-year-old Bay Village teenager
could be a lost dog’s best friend after the
Eagle Scout recently rescued it from a
precarious perch near Porter Creek − and
the teen is now trying to fi nd its owner.
Dillon Forsythe went looking for the
dog Aug. 3 after his mother saw pictures
on Facebook of an apparently lost dog
in Porter Creek in the Rose Hill area of
Cahoon Park. Forsythe said the pictures
seemed to indicate that the dog was lost,
confused and possibly hurt. So Forsythe
went looking for the dog near the creek
and Rose Hill.
“I was looking around the area based
on the pictures, and then God told me
to look in what you’d think was the op-posite
way from where it would be, and
there was the dog,” Forsythe said. “At fi rst
I thought it was a loose Walgreens bag or
something like that. Then she moved.”
Forsythe said it initially looked like he
would be able to retrieve the dog without
much problem.
“At first, she looked at me and I
thought I’d be able to go pick her up, but
then she took off,” Forsythe said.
He said the dog headed for a cliffl ike
portion of the creek area, which required
him to take additional action.
“I had to leave my bike on one side
and then jump over the creek area to try
and get to the dog,” he said. “Then I had
to jump down to get the dog where it was
on the cliff.”
Adding to the problems, the dog be-came
scared and bit Forsythe several
times on the neck and hands.
“I was in shock from that, but eventu-ally
was able to get the dog,” he said. “I
couldn’t hold the dog and ride my bike,
so I decided to walk home and leave my
bike where it was.”
Forsythe said he believes the dog must
have an owner somewhere.
“It had a collar around its neck that’s
kind of beat up and it didn’t have a tag,
but that collar made me think it’s some-one’s
dog,” he said.
While walking home, Forsythe said he
stopped briefl y to do some fi rst aid on the
bites he suffered.
“I almost lost the dog, he was still kind
of scared and ran a little, but I got him
back and we made it to my house,” he
said.
Once there, Forsythe and his fam-ily
were friendly and tried to make the
dog feel at home, while also getting the
dog to the Avon Lake Animal Clinic for a
checkup and treatment.
“I was afraid she might have broken
bones and other major problems but he
didn’t have anything like that,” Forsythe
said. “And after we had her at the house
a couple of days she started to calm down
more and trust us. She and the two dogs
we had already are getting along pretty
good now.”
Another piece of good news for For-sythe
from the vet was that the dog didn’t
have rabies, which spared Forsythe hav-ing
to be treated for that. Medical offi cials
estimated the dog is about 4 years old and
is apparently part poodle, part bichon.
One bad part of trying to help the
dog for Forsythe has been the loss of his
SEE LOST DOG, page A8
Young voices in a new church
Members of the children’s choir at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Bay Village sing
during the Mass dedicating the parish’s new church Saturday. Read more about
the new church on page A2. (West Life photo by Kevin Kelley)
Evening Hours
Monday thru Thursday 5 - 8pm
Weekend Hours
Saturday/Sunday 9am - 1pm
Avon • 2535 Hale Street • 440-892-6424
westshoreprimarycare.com Call for Same Day Appointment
Bay parking lot work
could go into spring
page A4
Council considers
nuisance animal regs
page A7
SPORTS:
2015 Varsity Football
Preview
West Side Sports
Section B
INSIDE
THIS
ISSUE:
INDEX:
AroundTown .................A15
Classifieds ......................B8
Police Beats ....................A13
Real Estate Transfers ...A18
Serving Bay Village, Fairview Park, Lakewood, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, Rocky River & Westlake since 1959
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AUGUST 26, 2015 - VOL. 74, NO. 40 75¢
Teen barking up a storm
in effort to find lost dog’s owner
BY KEVIN KELLEY
Fairview Park
Call it the Casey Kasem approach.
In a recent online survey of com-munity
members conducted by the
Fairview Park City Schools, partici-pants
were asked to choose from three
statements to describe the district’s ap-proach
as it plans for the future: 1. Aim
for the stars. 2. Aim for the stars but
keep one foot on the ground. 3. Keep
both feet on the ground.
Community confi dent schools
are meeting needs, survey says
BY SUE BOTOS
Rocky River
The torch that once burned in front of
the Executive Club ran out of fuel long
ago. Attempts by ownership to keep the
structure standing have done the same.
Now, the city has been given the go-ahead
by the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Court to demolish the building, along with
three other attached structures, at 21330
Center Ridge Road.
“My goal, by the end of the year, is to
SEE SURVEY, page A8
SEE RAZE, page A9
Dillon Forsythe and the 4-year-old poodle-bichon
mix he recently rescued from the
Rose Hill and Porter Creek area. (Photo
courtesy of Dillon Forsythe)
Court gives city green light to
raze Executive Club by year’s end